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General => Sports => Topic started by: daigong on August 08, 2006, 10:21:56 AM

Title: FIBA World Basketball Championship 2006 - in JAPAN!
Post by: daigong on August 08, 2006, 10:21:56 AM
The FIBA World Basketball Championship 2006 gets underway in Japan on August 19 - September 3rd 2006

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OFFICIAL SITE: http://www.fiba2006.com/

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Team USA - despite losing superstar Kobe Bryant, has been rolling up teams in exhibition matches. Like last nite 119-73 over China and over Puerto Rico 114-69.

Team China is hurting without Yao Ming and their Wang sucks.

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Tons of teams in the tourney this year!! DISCUSS :D
Title: FIBA World Basketball Championship 2006 - in JAPAN!
Post by: JFC on August 08, 2006, 08:49:26 PM
Quote from: daigong
Team China is hurting without Yao Ming and their Wang sucks.

Too easy XD XD XD
Title: FIBA World Basketball Championship 2006 - in JAPAN!
Post by: Mugen on August 09, 2006, 12:13:48 AM
it's 7 feet long but it's limp XD
Title: FIBA World Basketball Championship 2006 - in JAPAN!
Post by: daigong on August 09, 2006, 09:53:00 AM
Blah! That joke was weaksauce.. :P

WELL!! Team USA lost Melo! They screwed now . barely beat Brazil :o
Title: FIBA World Basketball Championship 2006 - in JAPAN!
Post by: daigong on August 12, 2006, 11:11:56 PM
Tall Chinese guys no match for Disco DIRK! :o

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U.S. plays Lithuania in a Sunday exhibition - Melo's back but is it enough?? Haven't heard much from Flash either, hope this game's on TV. I gotta see how this team is so-called gelling under Coach K.
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Post by: meowchi on August 12, 2006, 11:16:14 PM
GO team USA! Yeah! Let's GO!
Title: FIBA World Basketball Championship 2006 - in JAPAN!
Post by: daigong on August 14, 2006, 03:17:53 AM
Quote from: .:meowchi:.
GO team USA! Yeah! Let's GO!


WERD!! Melo came back and  they whooped Lithuania 111-88 :D

This story Foxy sent me made me LOL

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Wang injury complicates China world basketball preparations

Last updated 02:38pm (Mla time) 07/25/2006

SHANGHAI, China -- China's first NBA player, Wang Zhizhi, pulled a ligament and will be out of action for at least two weeks, further complicating China's preparations for next month's world championships in Japan.

The 2.12-meter center, who played for Dallas, the Los Angeles Clippers and Miami, suffered the injury during the third quarter of China's 76-57 loss to hosts France in an international friendly on Monday, Chinese media reports and the basketball association said.

Wang had been added to the team after Houston Rockets All Star Yao Ming broke his fifth metatarsal in his left foot on April 10.

Wang's return followed a reconciliation with the Chinese Basketball Association, which kicked Wang off the national team for refusing to return for team duties following his 2001-2002 rookie NBA season.

Wang issued an apology in April, saying he had let down his country and telling fans: "Big Zhi is back. Big Zhi won't let you down."

During his brief NBA career, Wang averaged 4.4 points and 1.7 rebounds. His fame has been eclipsed by the success of 2.29-meter (7-foot-6) Yao, now one of the league's top centers.

Yao's availability for the world championships on August 19 in Sapporo, Japan, is in doubt because he is recovering from foot surgery.

He has said his chances of playing in the tournament are "50-50."

China scheduled two warm-ups for the world championships: An August 8 matchup against the United States in the southern city of Guangzhou and an August 11-15 tournament in the eastern city of Nanjing also featuring Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, and Greece.


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Oh but you did Big Wang. You did let us down :evil:
Title: FIBA World Basketball Championship 2006 - in JAPAN!
Post by: Mugen on August 16, 2006, 11:31:41 AM
S. Korea got raped XD
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Post by: RatBastich on August 16, 2006, 03:23:26 PM
Are the games gonna be shown on ESPN once it starts?
Title: FIBA World Basketball Championship 2006 - in JAPAN!
Post by: daigong on August 16, 2006, 07:12:29 PM
Quote from: Tarious
Are the games gonna be shown on ESPN once it starts?


YEP! Peep the sked here:
http://www.nba.com/wbc06/schedule.html

Games start this Saturday vs Rei-chan's Puerto Rico squad!! Watch D-Wade smack up Carlos Arroyo! :P

These Sanrio T's are great...too bad H!P Girls aren't pimping these:

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Title: FIBA World Basketball Championship 2006 - in JAPAN!
Post by: Mugen on August 16, 2006, 11:17:30 PM
i hope they show it on sportsnet as well. I dont have TSN LOL
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Post by: Thimas X on August 17, 2006, 02:41:29 PM
DREAM TEAM 2 is getting the job done. I was surprised they let Bowen loose though. Who will guard Dirk? Dirk is a beast!!! Only in FIBA World Basketball will I root against Dirk.
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Post by: daigong on August 19, 2006, 08:26:05 PM
Not even Team Vietnam? :lol:
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Post by: Thimas X on August 20, 2006, 06:38:14 AM
team vietnam...rofl


USA played sloppy defense today but still came out with the W.
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Post by: ahcheungape on August 21, 2006, 04:27:54 AM
i feel so bad for yao ming. he's like the only player on the team that can put up consistant numbers while his whole team cant do shit. wang zhi zhi was non-existances. china wont make is far in many yrs to come if they continue to play like this.
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Post by: orion on August 21, 2006, 09:38:23 AM
australia beat Brazil i think, which is cool, but we suck
Title: FIBA World Basketball Championship 2006 - in JAPAN!
Post by: Thimas X on August 22, 2006, 12:14:06 AM
Spain beat Dirk. LOL
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Post by: RatBastich on August 23, 2006, 03:17:04 PM
^:ROFL

Dammit, didn't know that the US team played this morning, I missed it:evil:
At least they beat the team they played :)

Think they play tomorrow, but the game is shown at 5:30am for me :doh:
Title: FIBA World Basketball Championship 2006 - in JAPAN!
Post by: Thimas X on August 29, 2006, 06:48:23 AM
The games are on too early...I haven't seen one game yet.
Title: FIBA World Basketball Championship 2006 - in JAPAN!
Post by: RatBastich on August 29, 2006, 06:50:12 AM
I've only seen 2 games.......games are on wayyyyyyyyy to early.
Title: FIBA World Basketball Championship 2006 - in JAPAN!
Post by: RatBastich on August 30, 2006, 07:38:30 PM
Saw on ESPN earlier that the U.S. tore Germany a new asshole, ripped them good.
They held good 'ol Dirk to only 3 shots.
Title: FIBA World Basketball Championship 2006 - in JAPAN!
Post by: daigong on August 31, 2006, 09:38:42 AM
I'm seeing none of this LOL...hopefully ABC will show the finals...and I miss the hilites :lol:

Dwayne Wade is totally leading the way?? I heard he's getting 6th man action at his request!

Random gay picture I was gonna post last week:

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CHINA GOT SMACKED THE FUCK UP!
Title: FIBA World Basketball Championship 2006 - in JAPAN!
Post by: daigong on September 01, 2006, 07:19:00 PM
TEAM USA LOSES :o

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Guess they need Kobe's defense after all. And Gilbert Arenas slick shooting! Oh well better luck in Beijing 2008!
Title: FIBA World Basketball Championship 2006 - in JAPAN!
Post by: ahcheungape on September 02, 2006, 10:43:40 AM
i think even if kobe was in it, they will have a tough time winning the whole thing. i aint surprise that US lost since i never felt this team was the best they can get. it is really a shame that the star players cares about NBA more than WC and Olympics. these two events only happens once every 4 yrs.
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Post by: Aioros on September 03, 2006, 02:03:52 AM
I was able to catch US vs. Argetntina last night. Wade had 18 pts. in the 4th quarter and they won by 15 points I think. If Scola and Oberto didn't get in foul trouble early, it would have been a closer game. Looking forward to the Spain vs. Greece match.

I think that the US should send a whole team instead of just selecting various superstars. The problem with selecting superstars is that the players will only get to practice with each other a few weeks then off to the competition they go. I'm not sure if the players will get familiar with each other's playing for quite a short period.That worked before because the competiton wasn't that stiff. Today, the teams they play have been together for a long time and therefore they know their teammates too well. Why don't they just send the core of a team like Detroit to compete, and just get the right reserves.
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Post by: ahcheungape on September 03, 2006, 11:31:02 AM
well if USA is to send a good team out to compete, it will be consist of many superstars. the problem is that these guys arent together for a long period of time. the greek team were together for many yrs. they all know exactly what to do out there while USA players just wanna play one man game.
plus the fact that this team lacked a good veteran superstar to lead the team while having 3 young players as captains just doesnt help much. if this team will be kept for a long while, maybe till 2008 olympics, they have a good chance of getting gold again.
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Post by: Thimas X on September 04, 2006, 02:39:24 AM
How bout sending the pistons and ben wallace in there to shut it down on defense. XD
Title: FIBA World Basketball Championship 2006 - in JAPAN!
Post by: ahcheungape on September 04, 2006, 11:24:39 PM
i think not any time in the nba would beat a team like spain. i really do think that nowadays, USA needs to pick a team of best players and have them train together for 1-2 years inorder for them to be top in the world again.
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Post by: daigong on September 10, 2006, 08:07:48 PM
Kobe knows all about winning :D

Bryant: U.S. team needs chemistry ahead of 2008 Olympics
September 7, 2006

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Kobe Bryant believes the U.S. basketball team will have to work on its chemistry if it wants to perform well at the 2008 Olympics.

The Los Angeles Lakers star, visiting Taiwan as part of a five-leg tour of Asia to meet with fans, said Thursday that a newly assembled team always needed some time together before starting to play with consistency.

Bryant did not play in the world championships because of a knee injury, and the U.S. squad returned home from the tournament in Japan last week with a bronze medal -- mirroring its performance at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Both results were widely seen as disappointments for teams loaded with NBA talent.

"Years playing together will jell us as a unit, (but) if there is no chemistry, it's going to be tough to beat all those talented teams," Bryant said, adding he was confident the two years leading up to the Beijing Olympics would be enough time to find that chemistry.

Bryant's Asian tour has already taken him to Japan and Hong Kong. On Friday, he was scheduled to leave Taiwan for South Korea, en route to China.
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Post by: Thimas X on September 11, 2006, 07:34:51 AM
throw kobe and vince carter in and you can play with 5 guards
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Post by: aang on September 19, 2006, 11:16:30 PM
Man thats gotta suck being put out for a foot injury and having to apolgise to your entire country for it...poor guy. Good luck healing.